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[Photograph of nuns of Amalia at León]

Photograph of nuns of the Church at Amalia in Leon.

Date: unknown

Creator: Bob Bailey Craft Studios

Burnham Executive van (with or without power tailgates)

Design of a 22 foot executive van featuring: With and without 4000 lb power tailgates ; Tire size - 900 x 20 ; Aero-Logistic tie-offs in walls and floors ; nylon strapping - 3500 lb test; cubic capacity - 1300 cu. ft. All the drawings have indicated the exact measurements in height, length and width.

Date: unknown

Creator: Burnham

Item Type: Image

[Letter from Robert Calvert to La Colmena Candy Company - 1960-02-08]

Letter from Robert Calvert, Controller of Public Accounts, State of Texas, Austin, to La Colemena Candy Company, Houston, Texas, acknowledging over-payment for the Cigarette Dealers permit which expires in February 29, 1960. The correct amount of tax due was $1.25. Therefore he asked the La Colemena Candy to attach a copy of the letter sent with the balance due, along with the Cigarette Dealers Permit No. 23934 (attached), to allow him to issue the permit.

Date: unknown

Creator: Calvert, Robert

Item Type: Letter

[Photograph of Elias Ramirez and his family]

Photograph of Elias Ramirez and his family. Standing, from left to right: Elias Ramirez ; Filomeno Ramirez. Seating, left to right: Concepcion Almoguer, mother of Elias and Filomeno ; Julio Guoyoido, Concepion Almoguer's brother.

Date: unknown

Creator: Cantu

Item Type: Photograph

[Club Recreativo Internacional, 1935]

Photograph of the members of Club Recreativo Internacional, 1935. From center top (left to right): Carlos Salazar, Vice Presidente ; Jesus de la Isla, Secretario ; Arcadio P. Castillo, Pro-Secretario ; Jose P. Castillo, Tesorero ; Donagiano C. Perez, Pro-Tesorero ; Jesus M. Chapa, 1st Vocal ; Carlos Y. Alcalde, 2nd Vocal ; Guillermo Aguilar, 4th Vocal ; Fredezmindo Lopez ; Francisco Brett, 3rd Vocal ; Ramon C. Gernandez, Precidente. From upper left to lower right: Arnoldo G. Lara ; Mario Montem… more

Date: 1935

Creator: Cantu Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Club Terpsicore member posing in long white dress]

Photograph of a Club Terpsicore member wearing a long white dress, gloves, and tiara, posing next to a column and in front of a wall with a round window.

Date: [1939..1940]

Creator: Cantú

Item Type: Photograph

[Club Terpsicore member wearing a fancy dress]

Photograph of a Club Terpsicore member wearing a fancy dress, 1939-1940.

Date: [1939..1940]

Creator: Cantú

Item Type: Photograph

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members in long dresses]

Photograph of fourteen Club Terpsicore members standing in two rows, wearing matching floor-length light-colored dresses with capes.

Date: [1939..1940]

Creator: Cantú

Item Type: Photograph

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers]

Photograph of fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers in three rows in front of a dark-colored curtain. They are wearing matching light-colored floor-length dresses with short puffy sleeves. Two of the girls in the front row are holding bouquets and an arrangement in a vase is on the floor in the center of the group.

Date: [1939..1940]

Creator: Cantú

Item Type: Photograph

[Group of Club Terpsicore members]

Photograph of a group of Club Terpsicore members, 1939-1940. All of the girls are wearing identical, floor-length, light-colored, sleeveless dresses with an attached cape and flowers in their hair. They are posing in front of a building backdrop with a round window and large arch; the front row is seated on chairs or stools and a second row is standing behind them.

Date: [1939..1940]

Creator: Cantú

Item Type: Photograph

[Ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball]

Photograph of ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball at the Rice Hotel Ballroom, 1939-1940. Standing, left to right: Angelita Perez, Virginia Gomez, Lupe Quintanilla, Edelia Cantú, Maria Medrano, Hortensia Ornelas. Seated, left to right: Socoro Garcia, Laurentina Rodriguez, Esther Luna, Catalina Gomez.

Date: [1939..1940]

Creator: Cantú

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.760388209080162 -95.36280499999998

[Catechism school graduates with priest]

Photograph of catechism school graduates with a priest, 1930s.

Date: 193X

Creator: Cantú Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.758951368156055 -95.34501409999996

[Photograph of Joe A. Medrano]

Photograph of a postal delivery boy, Joe A. Medrano, sitting on a chair, dressed in postal uniform, cap and boots.

Date: 1930

Creator: Cantú Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Group portrait on porch of Rusk Settlement]

Photograph of a group of twenty-eight men, women and children on the porch of Rusk Settlement. A sign above the group reads: "Rusk Settlement. 301 Gable Street. A Community Chest Agency. Visitors Welcome."

Date: unknown

Creator: Cecil Thomson Studios

Item Type: Photograph

[Composite photograph of Joe Torres's family]

Photographs of Joe Torres and his family. 4 images. Top left: Son of Joe Torres, standing holding a guitar, his wife standing on his left, and his son on his right. Top right: Son of Joe Torres, standing beside a small table. Bottom left: Joe Torres sitting, and his wife standing to his left. Bottom right: Wife of son on top left with her son standing beside her.

Date: unknown

Creator: Chas J. Wright

Item Type: Photograph

[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Houston]

Water service bill sent to Nicandro Medrano at 1101 Wooding, Houston, Texas, for the month of February 1939. On the back stamped, Postage .01, and Houston, Texas Feb. 13, 1939.

Date: unknown

Creator: City of Houston. Water Department

Item Type: Text

Location: 29.74203700907343 -95.29846399999997

[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Magnolia Park]

Water bill sent from the City of Magnolia Park, City Water Department, to Nicandro Medrano, 1101 Wooding Street, for 0.75 cents.

Date: unknown

Creator: City of Magnolia Park. Water Department

Item Type: Text

Location: 29.74203700907343 -95.29846399999997

[Business card of Manuel Urbina]

Business card of Manuel Urbina II, who had a Ph.D. in History from the University of Texas at Austin. Card lists Urbina's contact information at the College of the Mainland in Texas City, Texas, and his home address in Pasadena, Texas. On the back of the card is the address for Leo's Mexican Restaurant.

Date: unknown

Creator: College of the Mainland

Item Type: Text

[Postcard portrait of Franco Jimenez]

Postcard featuring an image of Franco Jimenez taken in Fresno, California. Franco is sitting on a chair, dressed in a suit and bow tie.

Date: October 29, 1924

Creator: Comet Photo Studio

Item Type: Postcard

[Official Memorandum by John Connally, Governor of Texas, designating LULAC Week, February 1, 1965]

Copy of the official memorandum by John Connally, Governor of Texas, declaring the period of February 14-20, 1965 as LULAC Week.

Date: February 1, 1965

Creator: Connally, John Bowden, 1917-1993

Item Type: Legal Document

[Letter from Barbara Glyn Cook to Ernest Eguia - 1966-05-06]

Letter from Barbara Glyn Cook to Ernest Eguia thanking Eguia on behalf of Congressman Bob Casey for his letter.

Date: May 6, 1966

Creator: Cook, Barbara Glyn

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Lauro Cruz to Jesse Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]

Letter from Lauro Cruz, State Representative, House of Representatives, Austin, Texas, to Jesse Bocanegra of Houston, Texas, thanking him for the samples of candy sent through his secretary. He also enclosed a resolution by the House of Representatives, recognizing the hard work and success of the Bocanegra brothers, and carrying on the tradition of the Bocanegra family.

Date: May 27, 1969

Creator: Cruz, Lauro

Item Type: Letter

[Photograph of a young boy in a suit]

Photograph of a boy wearing a three-piece suit holding a candle.

Date: unknown

Creator: Curtis

Item Type: Photograph

Rusk School to give way for a freeway

Photograph of Rusk School principal Mrs. Ruth Whitmire outside the front entrance to Rusk School with many pupils.

Date: March 15, 1955

Creator: Dauplaise, Marie

Item Type: Clipping

Location: 29.7615282590806 -95.35244580000005

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[Photograph of nuns of Amalia at León]

Burnham Executive van (with or without power tailgates)

[Letter from Robert Calvert to La Colmena Candy Company - 1960-02-08]

[Photograph of Elias Ramirez and his family]

[Club Recreativo Internacional, 1935]

[Club Terpsicore member posing in long white dress]

[Club Terpsicore member wearing a fancy dress]

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members in long dresses]

[Fourteen Club Terpsicore members posing with flowers]

[Group of Club Terpsicore members]

[Ten Club Terpsicore members posing at the White Ball]

[Catechism school graduates with priest]

[Photograph of Joe A. Medrano]

[Group portrait on porch of Rusk Settlement]

[Composite photograph of Joe Torres's family]

[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Houston]

[Water service bill for Nicandro Medrano from the City of Magnolia Park]

[Business card of Manuel Urbina]

[Postcard portrait of Franco Jimenez]

[Official Memorandum by John Connally, Governor of Texas, designating LULAC Week, February 1, 1965]

[Letter from Barbara Glyn Cook to Ernest Eguia - 1966-05-06]

[Letter from Lauro Cruz to Jesse Bocanegra - 1969-05-27]

[Photograph of a young boy in a suit]

Rusk School to give way for a freeway